Allyson Robinson

Allyson Robinson
Robinson at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2010
Born
Daniel F. Robinson[1][2]

Scranton, Pennsylvania, US[3]
Known forLGBT rights activism

Allyson Dylan Robinson[1][4] is an American human rights activist, specializing in LGBT rights in the United States. She attended West Point before gender reassignment, graduated in 1994 majoring in her undergraduate degree in physics, and was then commissioned as an officer serving in the U.S. Army until 1999. She held the rank of captain.[5] Also prior to transition, she became an ordained Baptist minister, earning from the Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary, a Master of Divinity (M.Div.).

In 2008, she joined the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), oversaw HRC's program to create model curricula for LGBT diversity training in the workplace and advanced to the executive director in 2012.[3]

Later that year, she began a short controversial tenure as the first executive director of OutServe-SLDN, a network of LGBT actively serving military personnel, following the merger of OutServe and Servicemembers Legal Defense Network in October 2012.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] She was the first transgender person to lead a national LGBT rights organization that did not have an explicit transgender focus.[6][7][15]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ordination was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ a b "The HRC Story, "Allyson Robinson"". Human Rights Campaign. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  4. ^ "Allyson Dylan Robinson". West Point Association of Graduates. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  5. ^ Ed Pilkington (May 11, 2014). "Hagel open to review of US military ban on transgender individuals". the Guardian.
  6. ^ a b Brydum, Sunnivie (July 30, 2013). "What Really Happened When OutServe-SLDN Came Undone". Advocate.com. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  7. ^ a b "OutServe-SLDN co-chair steps down". Americablog.com. July 4, 2013. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  8. ^ Brydum, Sunnivie (July 22, 2013). "Transgender Group Leaves OutServe-SLDN, Joins Startup Group SPART*A". Advocate.com. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  9. ^ "OutServe-SLDN to Restructure, Josh Seefried to Resign". Advocate.com. July 4, 2013.
  10. ^ Aravosis, John (July 11, 2013). "Allyson Robinson announces resignation as ED of OutServe-SLDN". Americablog. Archived from the original on August 25, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  11. ^ Aravosis, John (July 12, 2013). "OutServe-SLDN closes headquarters, reveals organization is bankrupt". Americablog. Archived from the original on August 9, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  12. ^ Londoño, Ernesto (February 5, 2013). "Pentagon to extend certain benefits to same-sex spouses". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  13. ^ Geidner, Chris (December 11, 2012). "OutServe-SLDN's Allyson Robinson First Recipient of Arcus Grants Supporting New Leadership". Metro Weekly. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  14. ^ "SLDN & Outserve Tap Army Veteran To Lead Newly Combined Organization". Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. Archived from the original on October 28, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  15. ^ "Military Group Picks Trans Woman As Leader". Buzzfeed. October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.